Time left to apply End Date: January 8, 2025 (16 days left to apply)
job requisition id JR24931
Social Media Manager
Do you have a passion for working with people? Are you based in the Binley, Coventry area?
Stark, a leading building materials distributor in Northern Europe, is looking for a Social Media Manager who is as passionate about great service as we are.
We provide a fulfilling and enjoyable work environment with ample opportunities for career growth, along with a competitive salary, staff discount, life assurance, and 34 days of holiday (inclusive of bank holidays).
What you’ll be doing:
The purpose of this role is to support the portfolio of STARK UK business brands from an operational marketing perspective, to drive awareness, engagement, loyalty, sales, and enviable market share, so that the company achieves its ambition to be the UK’s leading builders’ merchant.
Through media and industry platforms, position STARK UK, its brands, and leaders in a targeted way to support the overall strategic positioning, business wins, thought leadership, community work, and industry awards to build reputational credibility and trust.
Build strong community engagement and societal reputation as a company that cares and partners to enable meaningful positive change and wellbeing on industry-relevant platforms.
Report on social media performance on a monthly basis in line with pre-set KPIs, ensuring activity is driving engagement and sales.
Work closely with National Campaigns to support optimizing social media in programmatic work.
Work in close partnership with the business to ensure the cross-category, whole-project programmes all meet and ultimately exceed their expectations.
Develop and lead a highly effective team to work collaboratively with peers, agencies, and all stakeholders to achieve business goals.
Utilise data and insight to shape decisions and success measures.
Understand and consider the optimal strategic interventions and courses of action to drive account and revenue growth, as well as building brand equity and positive reputation across all STARK UK brands.
What you’ll need to have:
Bachelor’s and/or post-graduate degree or related qualification in Marketing, Commerce, Communications, social media, or similar.
Experience in marketing to traditional and hard-to-reach B2B audiences via traditional and digital media.
High proficiency with data analysis and how to apply this to decision-making and impact measurement.
Skilled in the building and management of multi-channel social media plans that align with brand pillars and PR priorities.
Proficiency with digital and traditional marketing communication channels.
Solid knowledge of customer relationship and stakeholder management, and content management systems.
Will need to be available for ad-hoc out of hours work.
What’s in it for you:
Discretionary bonus.
A wide range of voluntary benefits including holiday buying, discounted gym membership, car salary sacrifice scheme, Cycle2Work, Benenden Healthcare, and more.
Access to a wealth of health and wellbeing services including access to online GP appointments and mental health support.
Access to discounts with hundreds of your favourite high street and online retailers.
Retirement savings plan.
Life assurance.
Enhanced maternity/paternity/adoption leave for anyone expecting or adopting a child.
CLOSING DATE JANUARY 8TH
Why STARK?
We're proud to be part of STARK Building Materials UK and dedicated to providing top-quality products and exceptional service to our customers. We're a friendly and collaborative team, passionate about what we do and committed to doing it well.
If you're ready to take your career to the next level and join a team that is dedicated to providing great service, we want to hear from you. Apply today!
What's next…
If your application is successful, our in-house recruitment team will be in touch to arrange an interview and to answer any initial questions you have.
Where a role is advertised as full-time, we are open to discussing part-time and job share options during the application process. If you require additional support as part of the application and interview process, we are happy to provide reasonable adjustments to help you to be at your best.
Stark Building Materials UK is a Ban the Box employer and will consider the suitability of applicants with criminal convictions on a case-by-case basis.
About Us
STARK Building Materials UK comprises 14 brands, including one of the UK’s leading builders’ merchants Jewson, along with JP Corry and Normans, specialist brands Minster and Jewson Civils Frazer, as well as a major timber importer and distributor, International Timber.
With over 600 dedicated builders merchant branches and distribution centres, this makes us one of the UK’s largest retailers and distributors of building and construction materials.
However, more importantly, our dedicated team and the high-quality products we offer make us trusted, expert partners to the industry.
Together, we give our customers hassle-free access to the market-leading, sustainable solutions they need to build responsibly for the future.
If you’d like to build that future with us, check out our careers page or get in touch.
Get In Touch
Introduce yourself to our recruiters and we'll get in touch if there's a role that seems like a good match.
Why work here?
At STARK Building Materials UK, we are known for our building distribution, but in reality, it is our colleagues that drive our business forward. All around the UK, in our branches, warehouses, and offices, our team give everything to make building better for our customers.
We value our customers, the communities we work in, and the colleagues in our team, who collectively build our business to ever greater heights every day.
We strive to create a workplace where all colleagues feel safe and empowered to do their best and are comfortable to bring their true selves to work every day.
We are proud that we offer all our colleagues a great place to work.
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